Never heard of Ducale but I assume it is one of those European quickies made to take advantage of their copyright laws (here they would be boots). Otherwise a clean remastered version of either I would think would get individual release (and a lot of attention and hoopla) and cost quite a bit more.

From the album cover, this is probably a re-recording? To me that sounds like the worst possible choice for a re-recording. As much I love Morricone, I don't think you can reproduce this 60s sound unless you use the same instruments/studios/recording equipments, which I would be surprised is the case here...

I dunno about that....cover text says "complete original scores" and the images are from the films. Also it's a 2-CD release. No mention about the music source for DIABOLIK, but FOR A FEW$ could be the 38-cue (24 track) restored version that was never released:

RETRO 902 The music for "Diabolik" can be classified among the most spectacular achievements of Ennio Morricone, written in 1967 when the composer was at a particularly fruitful. Inexplicably, the recording industry has not devoted proper attention to the soundtrack of "For a Few Dollars More", now available in a exhaustive world premiere of 38 tracks.

dear oh dear. i have a 39 track fafdm CD of me playing the music by blowing through a comb in my garden shed with tin bucket for percussion - all original tracks. and pictures from the film glued to the front cover. anyone want it??!! ha ha

dear oh dear. i have a 39 track fafdm CD of me playing the music by blowing through a comb in my garden shed with tin bucket for percussion - all original tracks. and pictures from the film glued to the front cover. anyone want it??!! ha ha

dear oh dear. i have a 39 track fafdm CD of me playing the music by blowing through a comb in my garden shed with tin bucket for percussion - all original tracks. and pictures from the film glued to the front cover. anyone want it??!! ha ha

chris, as its one of a kind, super rare and is complete with an extra track we made up, i think in the $200 plus postage, so another $100. then theres the window tax for the shed and the fact its autographed Ennio morricone " i chose the running order of this cd and everything has been done by Claudio fuiano without any help from anyone else." but looks suspiciously like my postmans writing.

i dont think it has the hunchback cue you mention but i could always pop to my shed and add it. so its a 40 track complete now. $400.!!!

chris, as its one of a kind, super rare and is complete with an extra track we made up, i think in the $200 plus postage, so another $100. then theres the window tax for the shed and the fact its autographed Ennio morricone " i chose the running order of this cd and everything has been done by Claudio fuiano without any help from anyone else." but looks suspiciously like my postmans writing.

i dont think it has the hunchback cue you mention but i could always pop to my shed and add it. so its a 40 track complete now. $400.!!!

It's a bargain, well worth the money, sadly I'm a little short right now but when I've saved up enough cash, the cheque will be in the post

i was hearing noises that he was mellowing about Fafdm. Flat Ennio no's a few years ago. imagine the moment where olivier refuses to swallow another diamond, stares defiantly at hoffmann and says, emphatically No!! well, a No something like that. in recent years though, less hostile and more shrugs and Maybes. which made people in the cd production circle think it would happen...soon. But so far no progress. keen fans could maybe realise that 1 day - and im sad to bring this up but it is a reality - when andrea is put in charge of decisions for his fathers musical legacy - you may all get all the music you want then.